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A scratch-off lottery ticket bought as a last-minute Father's Day gift has turned a truck driver into an instant millionaire. Joseph Morrah, 61, was given the winning $1 Million Payout ticket on Sunday, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. His daughter, Christina Morrah, put the ticket in a card she gave to him. But his wife, Debbie Morrah, said it was her idea to buy the $20 ticket. "I said, 'Buy a lottery ticket for him,' because I didn't get him anything, and I felt bad," she said. Morrah, a supermarket truck driver for 31 years, had fewer than 200 days to retirement but is taking an early exit, thanks to his winnings.

The ticket was confirmed as a winner by officials in Harrisburg yesterday, a Pennsylvania Lottery spokeswoman says. Four other scratch-off tickets with the same game also have the $1 million top prize. Morrah, who has a 1960s-era Chevrolet Bel-Air, said he plans to buy "another muscle car" and a new pickup truck and give his current one to another daughter, Kimberly Morrah. "It still hasn't settled in," he told the newspaper. "When I see the check in my hand, then I'll believe it."

"had fewer than 200 days to retirement but is taking an early exit, thanks to his winnings" Hopefully, this action does not negatively affect his pension, because $1 million after tax will last him a lot less time than he thinks.

reasonator

Jun 25, 2015 1:02 PM CDT

He's going to find out real quick that $1M is not really as much money as he thinks it is, after taxes, and his daughter wants her cut, and after he blows a chunk of it on some stupid purchase.